This November, I’m going to be participating in National Novel Writing Month where I will try to write 50,000 words in one month. I’m going to be picking up where I left off on The Particulars, my NaNo Novel from last November. Here’s a short...

When I was a young girl, it was easy to be proud to be American. Every day at elementary school, I’d place my right hand over my heart and pledge my allegiance to a flag that represented a country in which I had unwavering faith was the best country in the...